টেমপ্লেট:In the news
- Football (soccer): the 2004 UEFA European Championship begins with Greece beating Portugal 2-1.
- Oklahoma City bombing accomplice Terry Nichols is spared the death penalty by a deadlocked jury.
- Pioneering soul singer Ray Charles dies at his home in Beverly Hills, California at the age of 73.
- A transit of Venus between the Earth and the Sun occurs for the first time since 1882.
- Voting continues for 4 days in the European Parliament election.